My dorm is my office and vice versa 我的宿舍就是办公室，反过来说也行
All the 6 Shanghai teachers live together in a bungalow, which is ideally seated on a secluded corner of the cumpus. We all have our own dorms and the northernmost end is mine, where I could enjoy the most sunshine thanks to the tree-free doorway
The school was considerate enough to get everything ready for us ahead of our arrival, even complete with an electric mosquito repellent heater. We were glad not to worry about drinking water and bath water. And the most satisfying is that we could have access to Internet plus an exclusive sitting toilet, which I supose sound a bit extravagant in some sense.
I take full advantage of the eletricity-powered heater, public and super convenient. There are two of its kind only several steps away from our dorms. I would treat myself to a hot shower whenever I feel need to relax. Those who are familiar with me would take a double take upon reading this post because I used to be such a lazy man when it comes to bath. More often than not, I would laugh at my extensive love in taking the scaldingly hot shower here. Maybe it’s related to one stuff. The small top window of the shower room is sweet, from where I could see the blue sky when looking up. I am excited to be immersed in the dual enjoyment—one is hot shower,the other is sunbath on a fine day. I dunno whether the little window’s appeal really takes the upper hand. But there is no doubt that my old habit would resume back home.
At sunset, everything grows horribly quiet, except for the chirring insects. Some things I find hard to tackle. First, it’s gickos,ants, moths ,rats or even snakes. They have been acompanying me dutifuly through many many sleepless nights. Then it is the butchery somewhere below my dorm,where pigs are gathered and butchered around 4am for the market. lucky for me if I missed the punctual howlings which sound so unsettling and loud enough to awaken the dead. Suffocatingly silent as it is in the evening, I find myself too busy to care about those annoying or distracting stuff. This is my dorm plus office, anyway. I am here not to waste time.
One thing for sure, I could easily handle the occasional solitide(if there is) in my own special way. It involves a lot such as playing cards, moving my desks and chairs around regularly, surfing the web, grading testpapers and making teaching plans, writing blogs and so on.
